It was an evening of pure delight last night at Decagon Silver City as those who have completed all three required legs of the Run United Trilogy were recognized. It’s an event that was so overwhelmingly positive that even critics and detractors alike were all smiles and forgot their rants!

From Philam Foundation: Today, millions of children in the country’s remote and far-flung communities have no access to quality education. Schools in these areas, should there even be any, are makeshift structures that are not conducive for learning. Philam Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of Philam Life and affiliate companies, are committed to change this. With our Philam Paaralan program, we envision to build clean, safe, and well-furnished schools in every underserved region in the country. In fact, last June 29, 2011, we have already built eight (8) classrooms in the province of Isabela!

The adiNation of Runners (aNR) Philippines is a running club with a goal to provide members with value-added training and special privileges to train and motivate them to achieve new fitness levels. Here in Metro Manila aNR is staged initially in four locations: Ayala, Alabang, Ortigas, and Bonifacio High Street. This program co-presented by takbo.ph.

Exclusive privileges:

aNR adidas specials

aNR running clinics

Coaching advice from the running clubs

adidas product highlights

The pilot run of the Ortigas Group was held last night in Pearl Drive in front of the University of Asia and the Pacific, headed by Luis (The Gingerbread Report). Although there wasn’t much publicity about the event there was a good set of runners that joined the event.

Some of the participants of the pilot run with group head Luis (white visor)

Some orientation

The Ortigas Group runs every Wednesday nights (headed by Luis, 7PM onwards) in front of UAP, and Saturday mornings (headed by Rodel “The Argonaut,” 6AM onwards) in front of Tiendesitas and would cover various routes around Ortigas Center.

aNR Ortigas Group in action...

Joining the Group Run is free and you don’t need to be adidas gears to do so. Just drop by the assembly area before the run starts, fill up the form, and you’re done! You also get a “passport” that your group head would sign afterwards which you should keep for future runs. Only one signature per week thought is allowed.